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If the were to permanently terminate at Chambers Street, you're going to screw over lots of people that take the train to Fulton Street for the . I lived off the for over 25 years and being able to make those transfers when they became available full-time at Fulton Street really helped. Also, I would take the to Broad Street and walk to the Staten Island Ferry after work, as did many other people. Closing those last two stations on the line would affect lots of people that depend on it. Do you have experience taking the in Lower Manhattan at several different times of day over the past few years?

Negative. It's not the "best" time, especially considering that people who would be most affected by these changes are of lower income and are more likely to work odd-hour shifts. If anything, it would actually further empower those who have the ability to work from home or work typical business hours, i.e., from 9 to 5.

R188 7 trains at 103rd Street–Corona Plaza:

Yeah, fasting puts the body in a state of ketosis and helps detoxify your cells. Proper nutrition will change your life. You could work out, but if you don't watch what you put in your body, it will effectively negate it. We don't know each other, but just please trust me on this. Eating well will help you maintain a healthy weight, will help restore your hair if you're balding, and prevent illness. Disease is 100% preventable, just make some changes to your lifestyle.

@RTOMan Have you tried avoiding carbs? Breads, pasta, rice, etc., all that is converted into sugar in the body and spikes insulin. Most medications cause nasty side effects and proper nutrition is the way to go, you'll feel better without all the extra unnecessary stuff. Best of luck to you man.

I see this as an attempt to slowly disengage and consolidate the existing booths throughout the system, where passengers could go to receive "help." Not only that, but I forsee a lot of those seniors in the station agent position walking off when this thing goes into full effect. They're trying to retain that job title that has become obsolete at this point.

R142 2/5 trains at Simpson Street:

What is the meaning of "line up" in the subway system? I looked up the meaning and found a general definition relating to directional orientation, e.g., northbound, or southbound, but what does it mean in relation to our system? I've heard conductors asking their partners, "Do you have the line up?" before moving out of the terminal, followed by a sequence of buzzers. Is it something related to the governance of movement? Maybe it's asked at times when the the exiting homeball is out of the conductor's field of vision, preventing them from closing up as they don't know if the train can proceed to the next station? I've wondered about this for awhile. Thanks for any clarifications in advance.

R160/R179 J/M/Z trains at Hewes Street:

R160/R179 J/M/Z trains at Delancey–Essex Streets:

Having the city mandate that those individuals suffering from severe mental illness who pose a threat to others and themselves remain hospitalized at institutions indefinitely until they receive permanent housing and ongoing medical care would be a start. The institutions don't want to foot the bill and have a limited number of beds available, which is why funding should go towards empowering those institutions to better accommodate the number of these individuals. Also, that last snarky bit wasn't remotely amusing. You're real quick to dismiss everyone's posts with your classic starter of "that's not it, it's really about this" act. Nothing but argumentative gibber. You could have the last word, that's what you're always after.

Those laws govern what can and can't be done to the homeless when they're out on the streets. When they're in hospitals it's a different story. My point still stands. They're uninsured and won't have any long-term course of treatment available since medical staff would have no medium to ensure ongoing contact with them to maintain treatment after they've been discharged.

There has to be some kind of consistent follow-up with those people that would be hospitalized for this to even be remotely effective. Throwing them in the hospital for a few days and releasing them with no real long-term course of treatment isn't going to solve the issue, because they're going to be on the streets again and find their way right back to where they were. I agree that getting them the help that they need is of utmost importance, it's just how they're going to maintain that channel of help that I'm really skeptical about because that's the vital aspect of rehabilitation. Unless they're kept hospitalized indefinitely, which I'm highly doubtful of because they're not insured at all, I don't think this is going to address the problem. Sure, what it'll do is temporarily displace them from the subway which is not a bad thing as they're getting help, but how are those people going to continue to get the help they need when they're released and there's no way to keep in contact with them? This idea isn't new, and at the same time I give the thought credit, but the city doesn't care enough about the homeless because there's no money in the problem. It's only when these people are denied help for so long that they start violently attacking people that these politicians start waking up and try to do something about it. This is not as simple as just checking EDP's into the psych ER, medicating them, and discharging them. If it was that simple the problem wouldn't exist anymore. Further, I'm not trusting of any politicians in their motives. Neither side.

I disagree, as there's nothing wrong with them changing things up and doing something new for a change. After awhile, having them replicate a portion of the old line year after year gets a bit stale. I look forward to seeing that antique equipment run on the line. Someone could correct me if I'm wrong, but I think they'd want to terminate those trips at Chambers Street because having them run all the way down to South Ferry would disrupt regularly scheduled trains terminating and departing from there. What I think they might do is terminate at Chambers Street and then run light down to the old South Ferry Loop, and come back up to the northbound track for the return trip to 137th Street. Or, they could use the switches in the vicinity of Chambers Street and turn the train around using a few moves, but that has the propensity to block and trains from seamlessly moving through the area if the sequence of moves isn't timed right.

R62A 6 trains at Whitlock Avenue:

Nah, since those railfans wouldn't be considered employees, they wouldn't have access to protections that employees have, which means that if anything happens to them performing any work, they wouldn't be able to sue or collect worker's compensation if they get injured, and let's be honest, the isn't about helping anyone really, they're about helping themselves. Even if those railfans were properly trained and guided by someone in the know, they still could get injured, and THEY would be the one paying that bill.

R62A 6 trains at Parkchester–East 177th Street:

I don't know, having cameras inside those cabs and even audio recording will give the the upper hand in keeping very close surveillance of their employees, and not for the better. I forsee people getting canned over that stuff in the future, which is another reason I wouldn't trust the agency for a millisecond.

R62A 1 trains at 125th Street:

Under average conditions, the isn't mired by the and I've lived off the for nearly 3 decades to say that I wasn't routinely delayed by the sharing tracks with the . Limiting factors affecting run time are more dependent on the series of timers and track geometry of the line, especially between Marcy Avenue and Essex Street.

Interesting, care to elaborate? I'd like to understand.

Add the to that. It's primarily independent from the rest of the system (save for the between Essex and Myrtle).

R188 7 trains at Queensboro Plaza:

The safest operation is to move at the posted speed limits throughout the entire line, but it's almost impossible when people are disciplined for it.

I agree that passengers can do a better job at maintaining their own sanitation and hygiene when taking public transit, as there's too much littering going on, in addition to an overall disrespect of transit property and infrastructure in general. The depot can try at getting these buses cleaned overnight when service is infrequent, but it's evident that's not the case. From what I've seen, there's a deranged population that seeks refuge on the line similar to the situation on the during the winter months which only solidifies the problem.